Artificial-stone or concrete receptacle for caskets.



No.mg. y PATBNTED sEPT.a,19os.

- L L.PARRY.

.ARTIFICIAL STONE OR CONCRETE REUEPTAOLE POR CASKE'I'S.

ArrLlouxon FILED Hoy. 6,1902.

` companying drawings, in which- `is both air and water tight, and a lid 3, fitting o. UNITED SfmTEsn atented `September' 8', 1903.

PATENT OFFICE;

LEONARD L. PARRY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO. f'

ARTIFICIAL-STONE` OR CONCRETERECEPTACLE FOR CASKETS.

SIEIJCIIEICATION` forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,696, dated September 8, 1903.

v Application fired November e, 1302.

To au whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, LEONARD L. PARRY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Mansfield, county of Richland, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Stone or Concrete Receptacles for Gaskets, of which A the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles which are `used for inclosing caskets or cofins; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a means of constructing` an air and Water tight receptacle; second, to construct a receptacle of artificial stone or concrete in conjunction with wire-cloth by means of which additional strength and durability is obtained without increasing` the weight or the use of additional material; third, to afford facilities for placing the lid of the receptacle in place preparatory to sealing. I attain these and other objects by the construction of the receptacle as shown, and illustrated in the ae- Figure l isa perspective view of my invention, portions being broken away to show the wire-cloth Aand the manner of securing the bars in the material of which the top is constructed. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view taken on the line a: of Fig. l.

l indicates a receptacle constructed in aceordance with my invention and of any suitable form, but preferably rectangular. The receptacle comprises an integral box 2, which closely thereupon. The material ofwhich the receptacle is composed may be concrete or other plastic material which when dry is hard and strong. In manufacturing these receptacles a wire-cloth bond 4 is formed into the desired shape and placed in a mold. The concrete or other plastic material is then placed into themold, the particles of plastic material uniting with eachother through the interstices or meshes of the-wire-cloth and the wire-cloth is embedded between the inner and outer surfaces of the receptacle and forms an additional strengthening means therefor. The upper edge of the box 2 is provided with a groove or recess comprising an internal shoulder 5 and an` oblique or inwardly-instrain in moving the lid.

clined wall 7.

A Serial No. 130,288. (No model.)

i The lid or cover 8, which may be fiat or arched, is made in the same manner as is the box, with the exception that the wire bond is provided near each end with apertures. Embedded inthe material of which the cover is .made and beneath the wire bond are rods 8 8,

which may be located in alinement with the apertures formed in the Wire bond andY near the edges of` the-lid or cover and extending parallel therewith, as shown. Likewise firmly embedded in the lid or cover are loopbars 9 9, which may extend transversely of the lid, as shown, these bars being located beneath the Wire bond and provided with or formed with loops l0 l0, which pass through the apertures formed in the wire bond and extend above the surface of the lid or cover. The ends l1 ll of the loop-bars are bent into hook shape and engage the embedded `rods 8 8. preferred because of its maximum strength. The edges of the cover are provided with bearing'surfaces l2 l2 of the same width as the shoulder 5, which bearing-surfaces are received andvrest upon the shoulder 5, the periphery 14 of the cover being approximately perpendicular,so that when the cover is placed upon the box a wedgeshaped recess `13 is formed between the inclined wall 7 and the perpendicular periphery 14 of the cover, which recess is designed to receive some sealing ma terial, as cement, mortar, dac.

From the above description it will be observed that the loops l() l0 are for the reception of means whereby the lid may be lifted on or off the box, the body portion of the bars conforming to the .shape of the lid, .and the retention of the hooked ends 1l 1l of the bars beneath the rods 8 8 serving to equalize the It will be evident that changes might be made in the form and arran gement ofthe several parts described Without departing from the spirit and "scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself toth'exr act construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A receptacle comprising a box and a lid or cover therefor, each composed of plastic material, apertured strengthening means ein.

The arch shape of the lid or cover ising a handle form ed thereon embedded Within the cover, the body portion of the bar located beneath the embedded strengthening means, `the handle extending through the aperture in the strengthening means and projecting above the surface of the cover.

2. A receptacle comprising a box and a lid or cover, each composed of plastic material, apertured strengthening means embedded therein, a bar having a handle formed thereon, the bar embedded in the cover and conforming in shape to the cross-sectional contour of the cover, the body portion of the bar located beneath the strengthenin g means, the handle received in the aperture in the strengthening means and projecting above the surface of the cover.

3. A receptacle comprisinga box and a lid or cover, each composed of plastic material, apertured strengthening means embedded therein, looped bars embedded in the cover and having hooks formed in the ends thereof, the body portions of the bars 'located beneath box and a lid or cover, of a hooked bar havingahandle formed thereon,thebarembedded in the material of Which the lid is constructed, and auxiliary means likewise embedded in the material of which the lid is formed, the hooked bar engaging the auxiliary means, the handle on the bar projecting outside the surface of the material of which the coffin is formed.

Signed at Mansfield this lst day of November, 1902.

LEGNARD L. PARRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. Goss, JOHN V. VAN ATTA. 

